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International recruitment of health workers to the capital
1 Jul 2004
James Buchan, Renu Jobanputra, Pippa Gough
This research summary profiles London's international health care workforce for the first time, and examines the wider issues around the capital's heavy reliance on international health professionals.
Harnessing the power of the primary care frontline
1 Jun 2004
Richard Lewis
This paper aims to shape discussion about the benefits and risks of practice-led commissioning, in which primary care clinicians are involved in the commissioning process.
This practical full-colour guide and accompanying CD Rom, published in partnership with NHS Estates, shows how staff teams with no specialist knowledge can make dramatic changes to areas such as waiting rooms by making better use of existing resources.
A King's Fund briefing for the BBC 'Your NHS' day 2004
1 Mar 2004
John Appleby, Steve Dewar, Pippa Gough, Janice Robinson
A briefing commissioned by the BBC to use as the basis for its 2004 'Your NHS' day. We look at progress in the top five areas of public concern for the NHS.
Argues for a health system geared towards keeping people healthy, and asks what mechanisms and incentives are needed to put health at the heart of attitudes, policy and behaviour.
Jennifer Dixon, Richard Lewis, Rebecca Rosen, Belinda Finlayson, Diane Gray
Explores how managed care organisations in the United States could support the development of models for the NHS to improve the way it manages chronic conditions.
Examines the long-established relationship between the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry, and highlights potential conflict between the drive for profits and the public interest while suggesting ways forward.
Fayaz Aziz, Paul McCrone, Seán Boyle, Martin Knapp
This working paper asks how spending patterns have changed since 1997, finding some positive outcomes, such as mental health grants allocation being linked to deprivation.
Our mental health inquiry considers what has changed for Londoners with mental health needs since our 1997 inquiry expressed serious concerns about services under extreme pressure.
Considers the case for setting up a new arm's-length NHS agency to improve service provision while freeing up government to consider the broader aspects of health care.
Marsaili Cameron , Teresa Edmans, Angela Greatley , David Morris
Aims to help workers supporting people with mental health problems and community stakeholders understand each other's perspectives to produce an integrated approach to boosting social inclusion.
Creative solutions to London's NHS workforce challenges
1 Jul 2003
James Buchan, Belinda Finlayson, Pippa Gough
London's population is growing but the NHS is having difficulty recruiting, retaining and deploying its health care workforce. How can it overcome these challenges?
This report explores the trade-offs between equity of access and more patient choice, and opens up debate on how market forces could help shape the new NHS.
Some trusts have been particularly successful at meeting government targets to reduce inpatient waiting times. This interim report considers the characteristics they share, and how they could be transferred to other trusts.
